Hours after Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego was announced Jan. 6 as the new archbishop of Washington, the prelate praised his new archdiocese as “truly sacramental in the rich diversity of its traditions and perspectives.”

A former student of The John Carroll School in Bel Air posted a disturbing video of himself on the campus Jan. 4, causing school administration to alert local authorities.

The excitement in the air was palpable as more than 17,000 Catholics descended on the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City Jan. 1-5 for SEEK25.

Thousands of college students, gathered in the nation’s capital Jan. 3 and pondered these questions as part of an evening of reflection and eucharistic adoration at the Fellowship of Catholic University Students’ 2025 SEEK conference.

During the Holy Year 2025, Catholics are called not only to grow in the virtue of hope, but also to share it with others, said U.S. Cardinal James M. Harvey, archpriest of Rome’s Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls.